Poem

A night beyond the stars

Looking up to the moon
she wondered
if the sun would ever
shine again

The stars glistened tonight
while she sat down
by the riverside
and cried in deep tearfulness

Night was cold
and the warm wind
could not comfort her
for none could ever do

As she lost her lover
a great knight
known all over the kingdom
for braveness and strength

She looked up to the sky
and hoped to see his sign
in the clouds or
the glistening of the stars

But she could neither see
nor hear anything
except the sound of the river
and the wind in the leaves

She stood up again
her face a mask of tears
one last look to the stars
Then she ended her life


Stefanie Eckmann